There are three ways to retrieve the current DateTime in SQL SERVER. CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, GETDATE(), {fn NOW()}
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP is a nondeterministic function. Views and expressions that reference this column cannot be indexed. CURRENT_TIMESTAMP can be used to print the current date and time every time that the report is produced.
GETDATE()
GETDATE is a nondeterministic function. Views and expressions that reference this column cannot be indexed. GETDATE can be used to print the current date and time every time that the report is produced.
{fn Now()}
The {fn Now()} is an ODBC canonical function which can be used in T-SQL since the OLE DB provider for SQL Server supports them. {fn Now()} can be used to print the current date and time every time that the report is produced.
If you run following script in Query Analyzer. I will give you the same results. If you see the execution plan there is no performance difference. It is the same for all the three select statements.
SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
GO
SELECT {fn NOW()}
GO
SELECT GETDATE()
GOPerformance:
There is absolutely no difference in using any of them. As they are absolutely the same.
My Preference:
I like GETDATE(). Why? Why bother when they are the same!!!
Quick Video on the same subject about datetime
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL5GO-jH3HA]Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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Actually i worked in Oracle 10g. Now i got prj in Sql Server 2005. Here i feel little difficult in formatting Date.
Can u tell me how to format Date as ” DD\Mon\YYYY”.
Here in Sql Server 2005 gives both DateandTime.
can you help me with retrieving the the most current date and counting it? For example if 10 request came in today i want to display 10.
I am using MSSQL version unknown. I am also programming in PHP, thanks. Any help will b greatly appreciated.
select top 1 dateadd(day,datediff(dau,0,datecol),0) as datecol,count(*) from table
group by dateadd(day,datediff(dau,0,datecol),0)
order by 1 desc
SELECT TOP 1 COUNT(*) As DateCount
FROM [table name]
GROUP BY [date field]
HAVING [date field] = MAX([date field])
ORDER BY [date field] DESC
can you help me if there is any Facility or command in SQL Server 2005 ..
to Execute the stored procedure on particular time span..
I want to execute stored procedure /Function @ 00:01AM (Automatically) on daily basis..
i m using ASP.Net
I m fresher …Plz kindly tell me if possible..
Hi Vinod,
You can create an individual job for this under “SQL Server Agent” option.
Create one new job there and then you can mention your query like
Exec [Dbo].[SPName].
After this you can schedule its date and time as per your requirement. And then your job will be execute accordingly.
Thanks,
Yash Thakkar
To refer back to the article:
SELECT {fn CURRENT_DATE()};
My preference is also GETDATE () but it is T-SQL specific. CURRENT_DATE feels closer to Oracle syntax:
SELECT CURRENT_DATE FROM DUAL;
Hi,
Don’t feel that i’m appreciating Oracle. i’m New for Sql Server.
Just now i worked u r example.
Actually i need a Date in this format ( 25-Jun-2007).
In Oracle we use as follows,
Query:
select to_char(’25/06/2007′,’dd-Mon-YYYY’) from dual;
Result:
25-Jun-2007
In Sql-Server 2005, i tried following query.
Query:
select substring(convert(varchar(10),getdate(),111),len(convert(varchar(10),getdate(),111))-1,2) + ‘-‘
+ substring(convert(varchar(20),getdate(),0),1,3)+’-‘+substring(convert(varchar(10),getdate(),111),1,4)as Dat
Result:
25-Jun-2007
See the Length of the query, can u give me a short query to format Date in Sql-Server 2005
Regards
S. Ramkumar
’dd-Mon-YYYY’(wrong)
‘dd-MMM-yyyy'(Right)
Note that the example was how it was represented in ORACLE
In Oracle ’dd-Mon-YYYY’ is the correct format
SELECT REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(11),GETDATE(),106),’ ‘ ,’-‘) [Dat]
SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 103) AS [DD/MM/YYYY]
Hi,
Thankyou Mr. Pinaldave. i saw that on-line book. There are lot of styles were given for Date conversion. I think style no: 105 and 106 will satisfy my requirement.
Thankyou again. Bye.
Regards
S. Ramkumar
Hi, am learning SQL SERVER 2005. How i do condition in Date like
SELECT…
FROM…
WHERE EndDate < …………….
I have try currentdate, SYSDATE but it error. Please provide a code of Current date thank.
Didier Peinke
Hello
I have a table in sql server 2005 which contain a column for date.
I want to put a validation that if user does not specify the date, it takes current date and time.
Is it possible by setting the ‘Default value’ for that column?? if yes how can i dothat.
Please help me.
Thanl you
Jigna
how do get day of Date?
eg: monday, friday
select datename(weekday,getdate())
thank you very much for your answer. I was looking to insert year in a sql server table so i got the solution
how to retrieve “yyyy” from database
select year(date_col) from your_table
how to retrieve sql database server
select @@servername
When I use ISQL to execute “select getdate()” or “select current_timestamp” or “select {fn NOW()}” the timestamp returned is “yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.ttt”. When I run the same “select” in ADO the timestamp is returned as “dow-mmm-dd hh:mm:ss timezone yyyy”….what gives? I need the timestamp exactly as it appears in ISQL…
Thanks
Steve
Select * from customert where replace(convert(varchar(20),date,106),’ ‘,’-‘) between replace(convert(varchar(20),’17-May-10′ ,106),’ ‘,’-‘) and replace(convert(varchar(20),’19-May-10′ ,106),’ ‘,’-‘)
it will work!!!!
this query does not retrieve data?
select *
from Main_Table
where Todays_date <= convert(varchar,datepart(yyyy,getdate())) + ‘-‘ + convert(varchar,datepart(mm,getdate())) + ‘-‘ + convert(varchar,datepart(dd,getdate()))
Try
select *
from Main_Table
where Todays_date <= dateadd(day,datediff(day,0,getdate()),0)
hi
how to get previous date query.
thks
where
Todays_date >= dateadd(day,datediff(day,0,getdate()),0) and
Todays_date < dateadd(day,datediff(day,0,getdate())+1,0)
Thanks This code
I am trying to do something very simple, but can’t seem to get it to work. I am using a PHP include to update certain parts of my website. What I want to do is take the date in the start_date column add n number of days to it, then run the PHP script. Can anybody give me any help on this?
Thanks so much!!!!
Tran
How i give current date from system in SQL.
Use Getdate() function
Hi,
i was wondering if i can ask, if anyone knows how to reference the getdate() function in a table, in SQL express, from a vb.net form. My current query is
SELECT *
FROM table1
WHERE date = ‘textbox1.text ‘
this however does not work, but if i put the date in its binary date format in the textbox this works, i can select something, does anyone have any ideas about a conversion??…..
Thank you in advance.
ashlesh
What did you mean be binary date format?
Can you give examples?
hi, i need more queries about date and time.
i have a problem.
i) how to store only time with AM or PM notation in datetime type
ii) how display time with out milliseconds
i need immediate solution.
regards,
thanks.
Hi Lakshmi,
You may use the following :
SELECT LTRIM(RIGHT(CONVERT(CHAR(26),GETDATE(),109),14))
There might be a better way of doing it. Maybe Guru (Mr. Dave) can help us.
All the best.
Hi again Lakshmi,
You may also use the following :
SELECT RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), GETDATE(), 100),7)
Regards,
Vishwanath
Hi once again Lakshmi,
You may create a function to get the time part and can use the function wherever you want. Create a function as follows :
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[udf_GetTime] ( @myDateTime DATETIME)
RETURNS VARCHAR(50)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @RetDate VARCHAR(50)
SELECT @RetDate = RIGHT(CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), @myDateTime, 100),7)
RETURN @RetDate
END
GO
— Use the function like this :
SELECT [dbo].[udf_GetTime](GETDATE())
Hi Pinal,
create table employee
(
emp_id varchar(5) NOT NULL,
fname varchar(20)NOT NULL,
lname varchar(30)NOT NULL,
job_id smallint,
hire_date DATETIME DEFAULT GETDATE());
insert into employee values(‘00003′,’Joe’,’Wys’,’0001′,”);
in above table, i need to get current datetime, but unfornately I am not getting it….follwoing is the result :–
00003 Joe Wys 1 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000
What may be the reason ?
Nitin –
You are overwriting your default value when you specify ” as your last value. You can not supply a value if you want the default to kick in. When you supply ”, the system puts the blank datetime in, which is 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000. The correct insert would be
INSERT INTO employee (emp_id, fname, lname, job_id) VALUES (‘00003, ‘Joe’, ‘Wys’, ‘0001’);
This should keep the default value for the hire_date.
Yes. Empty string can’t be used as default
Also it would represented differently according to datatypes
Refer this